Paul Golding

Paul Golding
Golding at a Britain First rally in 2014
Leader of Britain First
Incumbent
Assumed office
2014
DeputyJayda Fransen
(2014–2019)
Personal details
Born25 January 1982 (1982-01-25) (age 42)[1][2]
Political partyBritain First (2011–present)
Other political
affiliations		BNP (unknown–2011)
National Front (previously)

Paul Golding (born 25 January 1982) is a British political leader who has served as the leader of Britain First, a far-right political party in the United Kingdom.[3] He grew up in Erith.

In December 2016, Golding was sentenced to eight weeks in prison for violating a court order that prohibited him from entering a mosque or encouraging others to do so in England and Wales. During his absence, Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader, temporarily assumed leadership of the party.[4]

On 7 March 2018, Golding and Fransen were both convicted and imprisoned for harassment. Their convictions were related to their actions and statements.[5] These convictions were related to their actions and statements targeting religious minorities, particularly Muslims.[6]

Paul Golding's leadership of Britain First has generated significant public attention, and the group has been associated with far-right ideology and controversial positions.

  1. ^ "Paul GOLDING". Companies House. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Paul Golding". Twitter. 15 October 2023.
  3. ^ "'Multiculturalism was forced on us': After Black Lives Matter protests, the far right march on Westminster". The Independent. 13 June 2020. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. ^ Golding, Paul (November 2016). "Jayda Fransen temporarily assumes leadership of Britain First". Britain First. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Britain First leaders jailed over anti-Muslim hate crimes". The Guardian Online. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Britain First leaders jailed over anti-Muslim hate crimes". The Guardian Online. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.